A childhood is bumps, bruises,giggles and embarrassment...butterflies, broken hearts and birthdays...newbeginnings, wondrous discovery of the world outside your home...of new sights,sounds, touches and tastes...what next door really is and who lives there...wherevalues taught at home fit in with neighborhood friends, school chums andteachers... checking yourself out against this new world and dealing with whatsometimes frightens you with no recourse to mom and dad.These were my childhood.¿ And it was a treasure.¿ It's about growing up...about the price and theblessings...that it is a gift and not an ordeal to endure until adulthood.My world from the age of five wasmine to discover and stumble through.¿The hard knocks were of my own doing.¿However, I was not unique.¿ Manyfaced and successfully overcame similar challenges and frustrations.The reader may find some comfortin knowing this.¿ No matter how uniqueand different their childhood might have been, others shared a similarpath.¿ That knowledge, laughter and tearsis what this writer offers.
A childhood is bumps, bruises,giggles and embarrassment...butterflies, broken hearts and birthdays...newbeginnings, wondrous discovery of the world outside your home...of new sights,sounds, touches and tastes...what next door really is and who lives there...wherevalues taught at home fit in with neighborhood friends, school chums andteachers... checking yourself out against this new world and dealing with whatsometimes frightens you with no recourse to mom and dad.These were my childhood.¿ And it was a treasure.¿ It's about growing up...about the price and theblessings...that it is a gift and not an ordeal to endure until adulthood.My world from the age of five wasmine to discover and stumble through.¿The hard knocks were of my own doing.¿However, I was not unique.¿ Manyfaced and successfully overcame similar challenges and frustrations.The reader may find some comfortin knowing this.¿ No matter how uniqueand different their childhood might have been, others shared a similarpath.¿ That knowledge, laughter and tearsis what this writer offers.
